Can I swap my TJ210 for a home 200?

Hi All,

A mate (who runs a PC shop) gave me one of the silver NTL home:200
cable modems (that had come with some old PC stuff).

I am still running the big, black Terylon TJ210 upright cm and
wondered if there would be any advantage in changing (I haven't had
any problems with it in 5+ years), like would it take higher speeds
(over my current 1M bps) if they give us all higher speeds later on?

The big question is I assume the mac of the 200 is (or was) registered
to someone else and that the modem itself is 'the property of NTL' (in
spite of seeing them on eBay etc) ;-)

So, assuming the mac of my Terylon is registered with NTL is there a
way of 'cloning' the mac of that into the 200, then I assume it would
simply be a box swap?

So, if I *can* make use of it somehow (even if it has no technical
advantage over the existing might it be handy to keep as an offline
spare?

All the best ..

T i m

T i m wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> A mate (who runs a PC shop) gave me one of the silver NTL home:200
> cable modems (that had come with some old PC stuff).
>
> I am still running the big, black Terylon TJ210 upright cm and
> wondered if there would be any advantage in changing (I haven't had
> any problems with it in 5+ years), like would it take higher speeds
> (over my current 1M bps) if they give us all higher speeds later on?
>
> The big question is I assume the mac of the 200 is (or was) registered
> to someone else and that the modem itself is 'the property of NTL' (in
> spite of seeing them on eBay etc) ;-)
>
> So, assuming the mac of my Terylon is registered with NTL is there a
> way of 'cloning' the mac of that into the 200, then I assume it would
> simply be a box swap?
>
> So, if I *can* make use of it somehow (even if it has no technical
> advantage over the existing might it be handy to keep as an offline
> spare?
>

The only problem may be if NTL still has the MAC of the kit registered
to an ex user....

On Tue, 1 Nov 2005 08:09:56 -0000, "Kraftee"
<(E-Mail Removed) please we're bristish.com> wrote:


>> So, if I *can* make use of it somehow (even if it has no technical
>> advantage over the existing might it be handy to keep as an offline
>> spare?
>>
>
>The only problem may be if NTL still has the MAC of the kit registered
>to an ex user....

I thought that might be possible but the only bit that would worry me
is if I get caught up in the often 'confused' support system and end
up with no service at all?

I didn't know if I could use something like their 'housemove' site to
'move' this modem to my location ..?

Would you happen to know if one can 'access' the soft / firmware on
these modems and play with the settings (like mac add)?

All the best ..

T i m
>

T i m wrote:
> On Tue, 1 Nov 2005 08:09:56 -0000, "Kraftee"
> <(E-Mail Removed) please we're bristish.com> wrote:
>
>
>>> So, if I *can* make use of it somehow (even if it has no technical
>>> advantage over the existing might it be handy to keep as an offline
>>> spare?
>>>
>>
>> The only problem may be if NTL still has the MAC of the kit
>> registered to an ex user....
>
> I thought that might be possible but the only bit that would worry me
> is if I get caught up in the often 'confused' support system and end
> up with no service at all?
>
> I didn't know if I could use something like their 'housemove' site to
> 'move' this modem to my location ..?
>
> Would you happen to know if one can 'access' the soft / firmware on
> these modems and play with the settings (like mac add)?

Nope all the setting up is done by NTL over the link, There was a way
of cracking them but NTL caught up very quickly & that way leads to loss
of service now.

I'm afraid that the only way is to deal with their customer (dis)service
dept......Best of luck..

By the way....why change???

On Tue, 1 Nov 2005 12:43:09 -0000, "Kraftee"
<(E-Mail Removed) please we're bristish.com> wrote:


>>
>> Would you happen to know if one can 'access' the soft / firmware on
>> these modems and play with the settings (like mac add)?
>
>Nope all the setting up is done by NTL over the link, There was a way
>of cracking them but NTL caught up very quickly & that way leads to loss
>of service now.

Ah .. ok, thanks ..
>
>I'm afraid that the only way is to deal with their customer (dis)service
>dept......Best of luck..

lol
>
>By the way....why change???

Well, it's smaller and I thought being more modern might support any
higher speeds should / when they come along?

Apart from that .. cos it's there I suppose? ;-)

All the best ..

T i m